Freshly Made 4th of July

It's Wednesday, which means a fun new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Cindy L is our hostess and she has a great sketch this week.  I really enjoyed it and have another idea that I need to work on tomorrow before my brain loses it.  :)    I went patriotic since we are so close to July 4th.   I used a bit of the stuff from June's My Paper Pumpkin Kit.   It's a very simple card, but still fun and festive for the holiday.

See?  Fun sketch!   If you don't like circles, you can change it up like I did.  I do like circles, but I like stars a bit better.   Banners and strips of pretty paper are also a favorite of mine.   Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team made as there are some amazing samples over on the blog!

We were all lazy yesterday and had a pajama day.  I think Laila and I took super long naps.  I guess we are still trying to catch up from the birthday excitement.  

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day!   :)   I'm not sure how many dads read my blog (my guess is ZERO), but I don't want to leave anyone out.  lol   I thought I'd share the card I made for Jason.   It uses the My Paper Pumpkin stamp again along with Gorgeous Grunge and And Many More.   Fun sets for sure!

I found out that my email feed was messed up for a bit, so sorry about that.  I am not so great at that part of things, so I guess I changed something that made it go all funky.   I hope it's fixed now, but if not let me know.

I used the Wednesday sketch from MFT for my card.  I think it still counts even though I used a circle.  I love circles lately for some reason.   I actually did the sketch twice, so come back tomorrow for a girly version!   

As I was taking a picture of my card, I got a little helper on the other side of the table who also needed their picture taken.  She's been something else this weekend.  Whew!  She wouldn't nap yesterday and was a holy terror by dinner.   She was sound asleep by 6:45 too.   I hope today brings a nap and a break for the parents.  I still can't believe she'll be 2 in just twelve more days.  Crazy!

My Paper Pumpkin for Dad

I was pretty short on time this week and behind (as always), so My Paper Pumpkin came in handy!   I really love how quickly the cards can be put together and mailed.   While I have a room full of supplies, I don't always have a day full of time to make a super fancy card.   I did change mine up just a bit from the example, but I saw a button on my desk and decided to add that.   Still easy peasy and quick!  I hope my dad likes it.  :)

One thing I've learned is that toddlers do NOT forget anything.   I told Laila we needed to vacuum up something in the corner of her room and she reminded me over and over until we did it.  I went in to get her from her nap and snapped this one as she was pointing and telling me to vacuum.   Silly girl.  

Happy Father's Day

Have you subscribed to My Paper Pumpkin yet?  I had signed up ages ago but never got around to assembling the cards so I canceled it.  With all the new improvements, I decided to jump back in and I'm so glad that I did.   This Father's Day stamp was in there this time and I love it.  As you can see, you can use the stamps for anything, not just the cards it comes with!  I'll actually assemble and post the kit cards later this week, but I wanted to share this one today.  I am going to enter it over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Stamp Challenge since it is Anything Goes week.

Stamps:   My Paper Pumpkin, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink:  Versafine Black
Paper:  Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Modern Medley DSP (retired)
Tools:  PTI Tag Sale #5 die, The Cat's Pajamas Mustaches Cutups
ribbon scraps, Neutrals Candy Dots

Jason called me in the playroom the other day to show me this.  It's always crazy what happens when the man of the house is in charge.  ;)  We are having a rough day, so send lots of calm mommy vibes my way.   It's almost 3 o'clock, so there's hope of surviving the day!

Stampin' Up! Boots

Sorry it's been a few days... It's been busy and I haven't been stamping much at all.  Early Sunday morning we had a pretty bad storm that knocked our power out until almost noon.   When I came through the house, I found that we'd left the door to the refrigerator cracked that night too, so everything was warm and had to be thrown out.   It was pretty much a day of waiting for the electricity to come on and then grocery shopping.  Fun, fun!   Yesterday Jason worked and I was just tired, so I only managed to finish this card.   It's for Jennifer's HYCCT challenge to use boots.   Big thanks to my friend Anne Marie for stamping me some boots!

This morning we took Laila to the pumpkin patch at a local church.  The ladies and gentleman working there were so sweet and she had such a great time.  She picked out her little pumpkin almost as soon as we got there and carried it herself the entire hour we were there.   :)

FMS and Stampin' Up! My Paper Pumpkin

Jason worked overtime yesterday, so I had to hurry and get my card made for Freshly Made Sketches on Monday.  I got confused last week and started working on this awesome sketch by the oh so fabulous Amy back then.   I thought I'd have an easy time finishing it up this week, but I couldn't get my stamps to ink up right.  :-/  I ended up starting over and decided to play around with the My Paper Pumpkin supplies that a lovely demo sent me.  I used some of the tags and the stamps and then added in my own paper and embellishments.  It's such a fun card!  Now I'm missing Not Quite Navy and More Mustard!!!   The DSP is actually some old Christmas paper!  lol

Now the cool thing is that Stampin' Up! has a special offer for My Paper Pumpkin right now. You can get the first two months for only $10 each month!  Awesome, right?!   Go check it out here and enter PUMPKINDEAL as the promo code to get this special offer.  

Laila seems to have inherited my love of Vera Bradley purses.  :-)

Tape It and Washi tape for Club

I'm meeting with my club ladies tomorrow night so I thought I'd share the projects we are making.  I decided to focus on Washi tape and the new Tape It set.   This first card is a CASE of a card found in our demonstrator magazine.  It has some great ideas for this set and this was one of them.  I was excited to finally find the time to open My Paper Pumpkin that had been sitting on my desk for months for it.  :)

Stamps:  Tape It, My Paper Pumpkin starter kit stamps

Ink:  Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Accessories:  Linen Thread, Basic Rhinestones

Tools:  XL Oval punch, Decorative Label punch

This second card is the same layout as the top one, just flipped horizontal.  I used the Epic Day Washi Tape and DSP to make this one.  It has a very different look than the first one doesn't it? 

Stamps:  Blue Ribbon, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink:  Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral

Paper:  Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Epic Day DSP

Accessories:  Epic Day Washi tape, Basic Rhinestones

Tools:  Scallop circle and circle punches

 

Laila is officially ONE!   Her party isn't until Sunday, but we tried to make today special for her.   Daddy made her special pancakes for breakfast and then we went to the Houston Children's Museum to play for a bit.  She had lunch out and then presents and a cupcake after dinner.   I hope it was a good day for her.  She was sure worn out!  

Seriously CSI Style

Hold up!  Before you start thinking I'm weirdo, hear me out, okay?  :)   One thing you probably don't know about me is that I have a Master's degree in forensic science.  I haven't used it because I never really found a job down here in Texas, but I have it.   When I saw last month's stamps from My Paper Pumpkin the idea for this card came to me.   Unfortunately I wasn't a subscriber so I didn't have the stamps.  Bummer, right?! One of my fellow demos hooked up up though, so today I finally got to bring my card to life.   I am sending it straight to my best friend from grad school because I know she'll get it.   Blood spatter cards aren't for everyone of course.   CSI fans may appreciate one if you have someone in your life who enjoys that show.  ;)  

My hands look like a crime scene too after messing with the red reinker.  I am hoping it comes off at some point today!  Yikes!  

Now if you aren't a subscriber to My Paper Pumpkin, you can be like me and get on board now before you miss anymore cool stamps!   Go check out the website:  My Paper Pumpkin.  You have until tomorrow I believe to subscribe and get a kit this month.   

Have I mentioned how much I love this girl?  :)   She's just too cute!    And she's awake so I'll wrap this up and see you later!